, Author, knows too much about heart disease from personal experience. 1  If space aliens bombed all the pharmaceutical factories and we had to go back to herbs, Coleus forskohlii (Indian coleus) would act as a natural beta-blocker, whether or not it was used for hypertension or cardiomyopathy.
Heartworm prevention is recommended, and may cost up to $40. The cat should also be checked out by a vet, to make sure there are no problems; the vet bills may be between $50 (for a simple check up) to $300 for advanced tests, if these are needed.
There are other costs with the insurance, like a co-pay of $50 for every office visit. Statistics show that the average cat makes 2.3 visits to the vet a year, so add in $115 a year, or $1,840, over the cat's lifespan.